"Yes. I found some." He held up a bag, heavy with crushed silver. Hopefully it would be enough and they could rely on written messages for the most part.

But who to send messages to? That was a difficult question. He had no idea who was even alive to receive them.

"We should go to the aviary and see what we have to work with." No point in starting if there were no birds and it would give him a moment more to think.

Kingdom of En and Kei. Kouryou if he could be found. He thought of the monks, of the villages that had sheltered him. Could he risk it? Without bringing ire down upon them.

If they were even still alive.